In this video, part of the Principles of Design Series, Arturo Toledo, demonstrates the basics of designing icons. Icons are a way to abstract a real visual object into a usually smaller representation that preserves the essence of the original object. With Expression Design you can create beautiful icons. Watch to see some of tricks to making this easier.

Learning to Create Icons using Expression Design

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